The large news from Marvel at San Diego this class is that they ’ve purchased the rightfulness to the long - lost legendary character Miracleman , home of some ofAlan MooreandNeil Gaiman‘s earliest published study .
The rights to the series have been in conflict since the collapse of publishing house Eclipse in 1994 , in part because right hand were believed to be share between all creators , Eclipse – whose intellectual property was buy by Spawn creator Todd McFarlane shortly after Eclipse announce bankruptcy – and original creator Mick Anglo . As the first major superhero work by Watchmen ’s Moore , with by and by write from Sandman ’s Gaiman and Fables creative person Mark Buckingham , the series had a honest reputation even before it fell out of photographic print for more than 15 years .
This is n’t the first annunciation of a paying back for the character ; Todd McFarlane brought the poor boy ’s alter - ego Mike Moran back in a 2001 way out of Hellspawn , but copyright challenge caused that storyline to be truncate untimely .
It ’s unclear from Marvel ’s announcement whether their new ownership include the Moore / Gaiman work . Marvel ’s announcement talks about Anglo ’s involvement in the leverage , but it ’s potential that the new understanding only cut through new news report done with the character , as the rights to the classic Moore and Gaiman ladder were previously believed to be at least part hold by the Divine themselves . Most tellingly , Marvel are reviving the fictional character under his original name , Marvelman , which was previously switch in 1985 due to – ironically – concern over legal action mechanism fromMarvel Comics ; the famous Moore and Gaiman stories appeared under the Miracleman title . Marvel call more information on the deal soon , but we ca n’t aid but wonder if they ’re not explaining all right now because the specific may make the announcement less exciting . clock time will enjoin ; here ’s hoping we wo n’t have to hold back another fifteen class to see Miracle – or Marvel – man again .
Many thanks to Carla Hoffman .
ComicsMarvel ComicsNeil GaimanSan Diego Comic - ConSDCC
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